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Sanctioned Russian LNG carrier sinks after explosion near Malta A Russian-flagged liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier has reportedly sunk in the Mediterranean Sea after ...

Sanctioned Russian LNG carrier sinks after explosion near Malta eualive.net/sanctioned-r... Moscow alleges Ukrainian maritime drone attack launched from the Libyan coast as competing narratives emerge

Analysis: Erdoğan’s world does not include Cyprus! Turkey is a middle power with genuine regional reach. But President Erdoğan has spent two ...

Analysis: Erdoğan's world does not include Cyprus! eualive.net/analysis-erd... France sent frigates. Britain sent destroyers. Greece sent jets. Turkey sent Turkish Cypriots only a statement, writes Murat Yildiz

Trump courts Kurds for ground operations in Iran as Turkey fumes The United States is intensifying its military campaign against Iran through Operation Epic Fury, engaging ...

Trump courts Kurds for ground operations in Iran as Turkey fumes eualive.net/trump-courts... American intelligence agencies, particularly the CIA, have pursued parallel diplomatic and operational channels with Kurdish factions

Trump threatens to cut all trade with Spain during meeting with Germany’s Merz U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday escalated his rhetoric against Spain, threatening to impose a ...

Trump threatens to cut all trade with Spain during meeting with Germany's Merz eualive.net/trump-threat... The socialist PM Pedro Sánchez's has positioned himself as Europe's persistent 'pebble in Trump's shoe'

Trump’s Iran gambit: blame, distraction, and a ‘Wag the Dog’ echo As the dust settles – or rather, as the missiles continue to fly – over ...

Trump's Iran gambit: blame, distraction, and a 'Wag the Dog' echo eualive.net/trumps-iran-... The strikes have utterly eclipsed the resurfacing Epstein scandal, and the diplomatic failure in putting an end to the war in Ukraine

Analysis: The West, the risk and a Cyprus that does not know where it stands If Cyprus and its citizens choose to assume risk as part of the Western strategic ...

Analysis: The West, the risk and a Cyprus that does not know where it stands eualive.net/analysis-the... When the Baltic states took a significant geopolitical risk in confronting Russia, they so with full membership of NATO and with allied forces present on their territory

Evacuations of Western nationals from Gulf states become near-impossible as regional airspace remains closed As the Israel-Iran conflict spills into the Gulf, commercial air travel across much of the ...

Evacuations of Western nationals from Gulf states become near-impossible as regional airspace remains closed eualive.net/evacuations-... Passengers report sleeping on airport floors for days, repeated flight cancellations, and dwindling supplies of food and medicine at some terminals

Middle East escalation rattles Europe’s energy security The new crisis in the Middle East is opening increasingly bleak scenarios for Europe’s energy ...

Middle East escalation rattles Europe’s energy security eualive.net/middle-east-... The abrupt halt in Qatar's liquefied natural gas (LNG) production following Iranian drone strikes on key facilities has dealt a severe blow to the EU

Lebanon becomes active front in widening regional war More than 30 sites were reportedly targeted across Iranian territory, including facilities linked to the ...

Lebanon becomes active front in widening regional war eualive.net/lebanon-beco... Israel's latest air campaign inside Iran marked a decisive escalation in a confrontation that had been intensifying for months

Europe’s Press Freedom on the brink: 2025 report reveals alarming surge in threats In a stark warning that press freedom in Europe is teetering at a “tipping point,” ...

Europe's Press Freedom on the brink: 2025 report reveals alarming surge in threats eualive.net/europes-pres... Council of Europe Platform documents 29% increase in alerts, calls for urgent action amid legal harassment and political backsliding

Energy, China, and geopolitical realignment: interpreting Trump’s renewed pressure on Iran and Venezuela During his first presidential term, Donald Trump pursued a policy of “maximum pressure” toward Iran, ...

Energy, China, and geopolitical realignment: interpreting Trump’s renewed pressure on Iran and Venezuela eualive.net/energy-china... The broader context is the strategic rivalry between the United States and China, and the shift from “classical” geopolitics to geo-economics

Republicans defend Iran strikes as Democrats push for war powers vote Republican lawmakers on Monday defended President Donald Trump’s decision to launch U.S. strikes on Iran ...

Republicans defend Iran strikes as Democrats push for war powers vote eualive.net/republicans-... The coming days will determine whether Washington can still contain a conflict that, once ignited, may prove far harder to extinguish than its architects anticipate

France and Germany launch cooperation group on nuclear deterrence France and Germany have established a joint nuclear coordination group to cooperate on deterrence issues, ...

France and Germany launch cooperation group on nuclear deterrence eualive.net/france-and-g... Macron unveiled plans to increase the number of French nuclear warheads and expressed readiness to deploy nuclear weapons in allied European countries

EU weighs mutual defence clause after Iranian drone strike hits Cyprus The European Union is set to put on the table the possible activation of its ...

EU weighs mutual defence clause after Iranian drone strike hits Cyprus eualive.net/eu-weighs-mu... An informal meeting of EU affairs ministers scheduled to take place on the island on Monday and Tuesday was postponed

EU considers restrictions on Kyrgyzstan over Russia sanctions breach Kyrgyzstan risks emerging as the inaugural test case for the European Union’s innovative anti-circumvention mechanism, ...

EU considers restrictions on Kyrgyzstan over Russia sanctions breach eualive.net/eu-considers... The Central Asia country risks emerging as the inaugural test case for the EU's innovative anti-circumvention mechanism

Commission President reacts to Cyprus base Akrotiri drone attack European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has voiced firm EU solidarity with Cyprus after ...

Commission President reacts to Cyprus base Akrotiri drone attack eualive.net/commission-p... Brussels watches anxiously to see whether this strike remains an isolated event or heralds further attempts to drag Europe deeper into the conflict

Prodi: Europe’s ring of friends has become a ring of enemies Roberto Castaldi, Director of EUalive’s partner Focus Europe Italy, interviewed Professor Romano Prodi – President ...

Prodi: Europe’s ring of friends has become a ring of enemies eualive.net/prodi-europe... It seems that Israel and the United States now have absolute power in the Middle East: this will be a problem in the future, says the former Commission President

Trump anticipates four-week Iran campaign as Tehran rebuilds leadership after Khamenei killing U.S. President Donald Trump expects combat operations against Iran to last roughly four weeks, even ...

Trump anticipates four-week Iran campaign as Tehran rebuilds leadership after Khamenei killing eualive.net/trump-antici... France, Germany and the UK adopt defensive measures reflecting growing alarm over threats to energy security, expatriate safety, and potential spillover

Christov: We are not against the country San Marino, we are against the Cricca* Assen Christov, the 62-year-old Bulgarian executive who controls the largest publicly listed holding in Bulgaria ...

Christov: We are not against the country San Marino, we are against the Cricca* eualive.net/christov-we-... “There is plenty of reason to suggest that some of these powerful people might not want San Marino to be in an Association Agreement with the EU”, the investor states

The Middle East’s existential wars – and the European ethical mirror The author explains how Israel’s leading thinkers confront existential fear – why the war against ...

The Middle East’s existential wars - and the European ethical mirror eualive.net/the-middle-e... An opinion by Neophytos Loizides

Middle East escalation puts Southeast Europe’s NATO infrastructure in the spotlight The joint Israel-United States operation against targets in Iran has opened a new phase of ...

Middle East escalation puts Southeast Europe’s NATO infrastructure in the spotlight eualive.net/middle-east-... As retaliation unfolds in the Gulf, NATO facilities in the Eastern Mediterranean to the Black Sea emerge as potential targets

Khamenei killed in US-Israeli strikes on Iran; Tehran launches retaliation as region braces for escalation Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead, killed in joint U.S.-Israeli airstrikes that targeted ...

Khamenei killed in US-Israeli strikes on Iran; Tehran launches retaliation as region braces for escalation eualive.net/khamenei-kil... As Iran declares 40 days of mourning, analysts warn of further escalation as the Middle East stands on a knife-edge

Israel says it launched pre-emptive attack against Iran Israel said it launched a pre-emptive attack against Iran on Saturday, pushing the Middle East ...

Israel says it launched pre-emptive attack against Iran eualive.net/israel-says-... The attack follows repeated U.S.-Israeli warnings that they would strike again if Iran pressed ahead with its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes

Marta Kos: Putin will never have a veto on Ukraine’s EU future As Russia’s war reshapes Europe’s security architecture, EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos says Brussels must ...

Marta Kos: Putin will never have a veto on Ukraine's EU future eualive.net/marta-kos-pu... The European Commission is preparing options to revise enlargement rules, as the existing ones were designed for a different era

Pentagon and AI company Anthropic face off over military use of AI A major dispute is heating up between the U.S. military (the Pentagon) and Anthropic, one ...

Pentagon and AI company Anthropic face off over military use of AI eualive.net/pentagon-and... Anthropic, founded by people who left OpenAI over concerns about rushing AI development too fast, has built its reputation on responsible AI

Big bucks, different results: Republika Srpska’s lobbying success in Washington vs. Serbia’s modest returns The leadership of Republika Srpska, the Serb-dominated entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina, is intensifying its ...

Big bucks, different results: Republika Srpska’s lobbying success in Washington vs. Serbia’s modest returns eualive.net/big-bucks-di... The leadership of Republika Srpska signed a new contract with the U.S. law and lobbying firm, valued at $1.8 million

Turkey challenges Cyprus and Greece’s maritime claims in new UN letter Turkey has once again asserted its position in the long-running dispute over maritime boundaries in ...

Turkey challenges Cyprus and Greece's maritime claims in new UN letter eualive.net/turkey-chall... Athens rejects Ankara’s claims on maritime zones and representation of Cyprus, pledges formal response

Melania Trump set to chair UN Security Council meeting: a historic first for a U.S. First Lady Melania Trump, the First Lady of the United States, is scheduled to preside over a ...

Melania Trump set to chair UN Security Council meeting: a historic first for a U.S. First Lady eualive.net/melania-trum... The meeting, titled "Children, Technology, and Education in Conflict Settings," will focus on the critical role of education in fostering peace

U.S. slows sale of Lukoil assets to pressure Russia in Ukraine peace talks The United States has slowed the sale of Russian oil giant Lukoil’s international assets to ...

U.S. slows sale of Lukoil assets to pressure Russia in Ukraine peace talks eualive.net/u-s-slows-sa... OFAC has already extended the deadline three times for potential buyers to negotiate with Lukoil for assets valued at $22 billion

EU warns it could scrap visa-free travel for Georgians over democratic backsliding The European Union could consider suspending visa-free travel for Georgian citizens if the country’s authorities ...

EU warns it could scrap visa-free travel for Georgians over democratic backsliding eualive.net/eu-warns-it-... Concerns have intensified after Tbilisi announced plans to dissolve the Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Personal Data Protection Service from 2 March